Fenerbahçe Beko, which completed the last season as the champion in the Basketball Super League, both changed the technical staff and made many changes in the player group. Serbian coach Aleksandar Djordjevic has been replaced by Greek head coach Dimitris Itoudis. Nando de Colo returned to his native France and signed to ASVEL. Pierrie Henry used his NBA exit and signed with the Washington Wizards. After Danilo Barthel left the yellow-dark blue team, he did not sign with any team; married. Jan Vesely went to Barcelona and met old friend Nikola Kalinic at the Spanish giant. Jehvye Floyd, Achille Polonara and Ahmet Düverioğlu are the other names that will not be in the team in the new season… Tonye Jekiri, Nigel Hayes-Davis, Samet Geyik, Nemanja Bjelica and Johnathan Motley have been added to the positions of the main forward and center. Bjelica will not be able to appear in the President’s Cup due to his injury. Scottie Wilbekin, Carsen Edwards and Nick Calathes were added to the quarterback and shooting guard positions.
When we look at Anadolu Efes front, we do not see as radical changes as Fenerbahçe Beko, but very valuable names have joined the squad. While parting ways with Adrien Moerman, James Anderson and Chris Singleton; Signed with Amath M’Baye, Ante Zizic and Will Clyburn. Achille Polonara, released by Fenerbahçe Beko, was included in the long rotation. A contract was signed with Egehan Arna for the Turkish rotation. Tibor Pleiss, Rodrigue Beuabois, Elijah Bryant, Shane Larkin and Vasilije Micic are still in the team… Larkin will not be able to play in the President’s Cup due to his injury. Before the new season, they played 11 friendly matches. They left the field with a win in 8 of these 11 matches. 1 out of 3 lost matches was against Fenerbahçe Beko. Larkin, Buğrahan Tuncer, Micic, M’Baye and Polonara were not in the squad, but Melih Mahmutoğlu, Şehmus Hazer, Calathes and Marko Guduric as well as Bjelica, Tarık Biberovic and İsmet Akpınar did not play on the Fenerbahçe front.
FEATURED STATS!
– Fenerbahçe Beko won 3 of the last 4 matches played between the two teams, and these 3 wins made them the champions of the last season.
– There are 5 Anadolu Efes victories in the last 8 matches between them. In other words, they were the side that left the field with a win in all 4 matches played before the final series.
– The threshold of 164.5 points was not exceeded in 5 of the 9 games played by the two teams last season. In the other 4 games, 170.5 was passed.
